Three months into the migration, our first monarch has now reached Quebec, a distance of over 2,500 miles from the overwintering region in Mexico.

"I saw a big, beautiful female in the milkweed patch in front of the house. I'd been seeing what I hoped were monarchs over the last couple of days but couldn't get close enough to confirm until just now." 6/10/14 Montebello, Quebec

The monarchs will still go another 500 miles to the northeast into Canada's Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Just think...A population that occupied only 1.65 acres of winter habitat has now expanded across more than 1 billion acres of breeding habitat.

Still Waiting...
We're also waiting for 1st reports from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine — and everyone who hasn't seen their first monarch yet.